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Installing Cylinder Head



Installing Cylinder Head












1. Replace cylinder head gasket. Replace the gasket between the cylinders and the cylinder head. The designation "TOP" must face upwards.

2. Place cylinder head in position. Uniformly push the cylinder head over the studs from above. When doing so, make sure that the sealing surface is not damaged. Hand-tighten the multiple-tooth nuts.












3. Tighten cylinder head. The cylinder head screws are tightened in four steps. Important: all four steps must be carried out in the order shown.
- Initial tightening to 30 Nm (22 ft lb.).
- Loosen all screws again in reverse order.
- Tighten screws to 20 Nm (15.0 ft lb.)
- Retighten screws to 20 Nm (15.0 ft lb.)
- Retighten screws with torque angle of 1 x 90°.

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